壊す
こわす
hepburn kowasu
to break, to destroy (transitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 弟がおもちゃを壊しました。My little brother broke the toy.
- 体を壊さないように気をつけてください。Please take care not to ruin your health.
Collocations
おもちゃを壊す体を壊すパソコンを壊す壊してしまう壊さないで
Mnemonic
壊す kowasu — kanji 壊 (collapse) + the godan ending す. It is transitive: to break or ruin something. Its intransitive partner is 壊れる (kowareru, to break / break down). The ~su transitive / ~reru intransitive split is another verb-pair pattern. 体を壊す idiomatically means "to ruin one's health."
Quick check
What is the intransitive partner of 壊す?